Charity urges action on 'warning sign' of missed mental health appointments

Joe Lepper
Friday, September 29, 2017

Mental health professionals are failing to support young people in crisis by ignoring a key warning sign of missed appointments, a charity has claimed.

Young people missed approximately 157,000 appointments with specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in 2016. Picture: Alexander Raths/Adobe Stock
Young people missed approximately 157,000 appointments with specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in 2016. Picture: Alexander Raths/Adobe Stock

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